Canarina abyssinica

Canarina abyssinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Canarina
Species:	C. abyssinica
Binomial name
	Canarina abyssinica; Canarina abyssinica Engl.

Canarina abyssinica is a dull grey-green plant with fleshy rootstock and triangular, ovate leaves. Its pendulous, solitary flowers 5–6 cm long are orange-red with a five lobed calyx and a large corolla that is tubular or bell-shaped.

Distribution

An uncommon species found in wet forests at altitudes of 1620–2130 m, especially in western and central Kenya; Arusha in Tanzania; Mbale in Uganda; also in Ethiopia and South Sudan.